Dispensing container for sheet wrapping material



J. HEBERT Nov. 15, 1966 DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR SHEET WRAPPING MATERIAL Filed June 21, 1965 l/VVENI'OR Jul/en #[BERT BY United States Patent 3,285,483 DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR SHEET WRAPPING MATERIAL Julien Hebert, 1651 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec, Canada Filed June 21, 1965, Ser. No. 465,576 5 Claims. (Cl. 225-48) The instant application relates to a dispensing container intended to house a roll of sheet-Wrapping material.

There are presently on the market such cardboard container adapted to contain a roll, one of the walls of this container being provided along a free edge thereof with cutting means whereby the container is first opened and a strip of paper pulled out to be out along the cutting edge after the container has been closed. The present invention is an improvement of such dispensing containers which have several disadvantages.

With the containers of the prior art, it is necessary after each use, to open and sometimes reach inside the box in order to pull out the free end of the wrapping material as there is no provision for leaving a slight strip of paper lying on the outside for subsequent use.

Another disadvantage of the dispensing containers of the prior art lies in the fact that the cutting means is located on the outside and often gets damaged during transit or is likely to damage other containers lying nearby when put on the display shelves.

With the known container, it is also necessary to'be careful in the packaging of the wrapping material roll to ensure that the free edge of the roll be in the proper position. This added precaution, which is required of unskilled labor, makes the packaging operation somewhat unreliable.

A main object of the invention therefore lies in the provision of a dispensing container of the above type which always provides for an extra strip of wrapping material to lie outside the container body for subsequent use.

A further object of the invention consists in providing such a container wherein the cut-ting means is hidden inside the container :body during transit.

Still another object of the invention is to provide such a container wherein no particular precaution is necessary for the packaging of the wrapping material roll as the free edge of the sheet material may either be arranged to come out from the bottom of the roll or from the top thereof.

The above mentioned objects are attained with a dispensing container made according to the invention which is intended to receive the roll of sheet wrapping material, the container comprising: an elongated hollow body adapted to receive the roll; the body having a front dispensing wall provided with a slit-like outlet for the discharge of the sheet material; an elongated flap hinged along a lower edge of the slit-like outlet and capable of being bent outwardly downwardly; cutting means along the free edge of the said flap whereby since the cutting means is distant from the outlet, a strip of paper from the roll is constantly available for subsequent use.

The body of the dispensing container is provided with a bottom wall contiguous to the side dispensing wall and, preferably, the flap has such a depth that when folded against the side wall, the cutting means extends past the bottom wall.

Finally, the dispensing container of the invention has a special closure structure formed with a front closure wall adapted to lie over the above mentioned flap when the latter is in the unfolded position thus retaining the cutting means inside the container body.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention proceeds having reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a general perspective view of the invention with part shown in cross-section in order to illustrate the inside structure thereof;

FIGS. 2 and 3 are two different cross-sectional views of the container of the invention to illustrate the dispensing container in two different conditions.

As shown in FIG. 1, the container body 1 is generally rectangular in cross-section and is intended to contain a roll 3 of sheet-wrapping material. The body is formed with a bottom wall 5 from one edge of which upwardly projects a rear wall 7 and from the other edge of which vertically projects a front dispensing wall generally denoted by numeral 9.

The front dispensing wall may be considered as being formed of two portions: a lower portion 11 and an upper portion 13, the latter portion being also part of the closure structure as will hereinafter be expalined.

Hinged along the upper edge of the lower portion 11 as by folding means 15, which may be a score line, is a flap 17 provided, along the free edge thereof, with the longitudinal cutting means 19, usually a strip of metal having serrations along the cutting edge thereof.

It may also be said that flap 17 forms the actual upper portion of the front dispensing wall 9 while the previously identified upper portion 13 is part of a closure structure generally denoted by numeral 21 hinged along the upper edge of rear wall 7. Then, 13 becomes a front closure wall adapted to lie over flap 17 when the latter is in an unfolded condition as shown in FIG. 2. It should be noted that the lower edge of the front closure wall 13 stands above the longitudinal center line of the front dispensing wall 9 while the folding means 15 or the upper edge of the lower portion 11 stands below the said center line. Thus, as clearly illustrated in FIG. 3 When flap 17 is folded outwardly of said body and downwardly in the direction of bottom wall 5, a slit-like outlet 23 is formed for the discharge of the sheet-wrapping material from roll 3.

The closure structure is strengthened by partial end walls 25 which can be formed in any suitable manner.

It will be observed, particularly from FIG. 3, that the outer free edge of flap 17, including the cutting means 19, preferably extends somewhat past the bottom wall 5 so that whenever a strip of sheet material is cut, there will not be any interference from corner 27 formed between wall 5 and portion 11.

It will .also be noted from the same FIGURE 3 that once a portion of the sheet material has been cut off from the roll, a strip 29 will remain outside the container for subsequent use and it will not be necessary to open the said container in order to reach the end of the sheet material.

From FIG. 2, it will be seen that during transit the cutting means 19 lies hidden from view and from possible damage with other containers.

Finally, it will be noted that the roll 3 of sheet wrapping material need not be packaged in the container in any particular position, the end strip thereof may either come from the bottom of the roll as shown in FIG. 3 or may also come from the top thereof thus facilitating the packaging as no particular attention has to be paid to this detail.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has just been described, it will be understood that various modifications may be made thereto without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which should only be construed from the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A dispensing container intended to receive a roll of sheet-wrapping material, said container comprising: an elongated hollow body adapted to receive said roll; said body having a front dispensing wall provided with a slit-like outlet for the discharge of said sheet material; an elongated flap hinged along a lower edge of said slitlike outlet and capable of being bent outwardly downwardly against said front dispensing wall; cutting means along the freeedge of said flap whereby since the cutting means is distant from the outlet, a strip of paper from said roll is constantly available for subsequent use; said body having a bottom wall contiguous to said side wall and said flap having such a depth that when folded against said side wall, said cutting means extends past said bottom wall.

2. A dispensing container intended to receive a roll of sheet wrapping material, said container comprising: an elongated hollow body, generally rectangular in crosssection, adapted-to receive said roll; said body having an elongated rectangular vertical front dispensing wall provided with a slit-like outlet for the discharge of said sheet material; an elongated rectangular flap hinged along a lower edge of said slit-like outlet and capable of being bent outwardly of said body and downwardly towards a bottom wall of the body against said front dispensing wall; the depth of said flap being greater than the depth from said slit-like outlet to the bottom wall of the body and cutting means along the free edge of said flap whereby since the cutting means is distant from the outlet, a strip of paper from said roll is constantly available for subsequent use.

3. A dispensing container intended to receive a roll of sheet wrapping material, said container comprising: an elongated hollow body adapted to receive said roll; said body being substantially rectangular in cross-section and having a bottom wall and a front dispensing wall projecting vertically therefrom with longitudinal folding means below the longitudinal center line of the front dispensing Wall; said body further having a rear wall parallel to said front dispensing wall and a closure structure hinged at the upper edge of said rear wall and formed with a top wall and a front closure Wall depending from the front edge of said top wall and adapted to lie over said front dispensing wall in closed position of said body; said front closure wall terminating short of said longitudinal center line of said front dispensing Wall and cutting means provided along the upper edge of said front dispensing wall whereby when said front dispensing wall is unfolded, said cutting means lies within said body behind said front closure wall and when the portion of said front dispensing wall above said folding means is folded outwardly of said body and downwardly along said folding means, a slit-like outlet is formed between the lower portion of the front dispensing wall and the front closure wall and said cutting means has its cutting edge below said bottom wall.

4. A container as claimed in claim 3 wherein said folding means is a'score line.

5. A container as claimed in claim 3 wherein said closure structure is rigidified by partial end walls dependingfrom said top wall and integral with said front closure wall; said top wall being hinged to said rear wall.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS WILLIAM W. DYER, JR., Primary Examiner.

I. M. MEISTER, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A DISPENSING CONTAINER INTENDED TO RECEIVE A ROLL OF SHEET-WRAPPING MATERIAL, SAID CONTAINER COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED HOLLOW BODY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID ROLL; SAID BODY HAVING A FRONT DISPENSING WALL PROVIDED WITH A SLIT-LIKE OUTLET FOR THE DISCHARGE OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL; AN ELONGATED FLAP HINGED ALONG A LOWER EDGEE OF SAID SLITLIKE OUTLET AND CAPABLE OF BEING BENT OUTWARDLY DOWNWARDLY AGAINST SAID FRONT DISPENSING WALL; CUTTING MEANS ALONG THE FREE EDGE OF SAID FLAP WHEREBY SINCE THE CUTING MEANS IS DISTANT FROM THE OUTLET, A STRIP OF PAPER FROM SAID ROLL IS CONSTANTLY AVAILABLE FOR SUBSEQUENT USE; SAID BODY HAVING A BOTTOM WALL CONTIGUOUS TO SAID SIDE WALL AND SAID FLAP HAVING SUCH A DEPTH THAT WHEN FOLDED AGAINST SAID SIDE WALL, SAID CUTTING MEANS EXTENDS PAST SAID BOTTOM WALL. 